About Me ﻿﻿﻿and﻿﻿﻿ my Work

I received a BA and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay with an art major and a graphic communications minor. I also studied creative writing.

My professional experience includes over five years in the magazine publishing industry and various freelance graphic design jobs. For the past 15 years, I have been employed as a printing coordinator at an insurance company that has a unique affinity-based marketing strategy. There, my duties include producing, often designing, and sometimes writing or editing copy for scores of internal and client-facing materials ranging from mail inserts to Internet ads to billboards. I’ve interpreted and applied the brand guidelines of several Fortune 500 partner companies and responded to requests like “We need a high-res logo for retina devices on the responsive site.”

Poetry and fine art coexist with my primary career path.

Poetry: My poems have appeared in Bards Against Hunger: Wisconsin Edition, Blue Heron Review, Bramble, Fox Cry Review, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, the Peninsula Pulse, Poetry Speaks, the Poets Speak Anthology Series, Star*Line, Van Gogh Dreams, Verse-Virtual, Verse Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar. I belong to the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, participate in a workshop group and have given readings in the Green Bay and Fox Valley areas. Additional honors include:

Art:I was pleased to have colored pencil drawings included in the Neville Public Museum’s annual juried shows in 2010 and 2011. These days, my habitual hiking excursions are becoming less about hiking and more about photography, because “Wow, look at that!” Something is bound to come of this.

The common goal among these endeavors is building connections with others, whether by establishing the value of a product or mutually identifying with aspects of the human experience.

Additionally, I am engaged in the most creatively demanding role of all: parenthood.